IAEA deputy chief to visit Tehran for technical discussions: Iran nuclear spox
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says a deputy director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran within the next two weeks as part of technical discussions between the two sides.
Behrouz Kamalvandi made the remarks on Friday after IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi concluded a two-day trip to Tehran, where he visited an exhibition of Iran’s nuclear achievements and held talks with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and AEOI chief Mohammad Eslami.
Kamlavandi said that the IAEA deputy head will hold discussions in Iran aimed at resolving some issues, which are repeatedly mentioned in the agency's reports about the country’s nuclear activities.
Those issues, he added, “do not actually help advance technical goals, but have rather paved the way for further pressure on Iran.”
He also emphasized that Grossi’s visit was “pre-arranged” within the framework of ongoing interactions between the Islamic Republic and the UN nuclear watchdog.
Grossi was initially expected to arrive in Tehran on Saturday, but his visit was brought forward as it coincided with Iran-US indirect talks, Kamalvandi said.
He further noted that during Grossi’s meeting with Eslami, the latter highlighted Iran’s insistence on its nuclear rights and said no one can speak to the Iranian nation with a language of threat.
Additionally, he said, Eslami censured recent claims by Grossi, who said Iran has enough enriched uranium to make six or seven nuclear weapons.
Iranian officials considered Grossi’ statements “against the principles of the Safeguards Agreement and stressed that Iran has not taken any action contrary to its commitments.”
Over the past years, Iran has recorded many achievements in its peaceful nuclear energy program in defiance of US sanctions as well as hurdles created by the West.
As one of the first signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has also been closely cooperating with the IAEA.
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